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STYLE SPEAK Sunny + Luna’s owner, Courtney Colaneri, discusses her booming business’ bracelets, earrings and clutches (all of which bear the names of significant women in Colaneri’s life) with LN’s favorite luxe lady, Alecia Humphreys.

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36 Style Feature:

SUMMER ALBARCHA LN digital editor and staff writer Andrea Smith treats readers to a profile of Summer Albarcha, a youthful “influencer” who denies that label but who still boldly and beautifully continues to make a splash in the global fashion realm with her modest, yet chic, style.

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ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Take part in the battle against blood cancer at the 2020 Man & Woman of the Year fundraising competition, which benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Twelve candidates launch 10-week campaigns to see who can raise the most for cancer research and patient support. Learn more starting on page 10. Pictured (left to right): Legacy Leadership Award honoree Dr. Todd Druley, event co-chair Jill Benoist, Girl of the Year Marlee, event co-chair Pete Benoist and Legacy Leadership Award honoree Dr. Peter Westervelt. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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Health Notes Kids MD Crossword Puzzle Feature: The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation

As a local institution, the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra is currently celebrating half a century since being founded by the legendary Leonard Slatkin, as noted in this salute by LN copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach.

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EDITOR LET’S TAKE A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE THE TRAILBLAZERS: the people who see the status quo as an opportunity to make things better, the individuals who move mountains to influence, to inspire and to impact.

Like, for example, Summer Albarcha, the fashion icon who grew up in the metro area and has since taken the world of modest couture by storm, profiled starting on page 36 in the Style section by LN digital editor and staff writer Andrea Smith.

Or the Ortyl family, who founded the Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation as a way to both honor their son and ease the financial burden and stress for parents of children with congenital heart defects. Read The Daily feature starting on page 43 by LN contributor Alecia Humphreys to learn more.

Keep turning the page for Bryan A. Hollerbach’s Arts & Culture feature starting on page 51, in which he casts a light on the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra and its 50 years of excellence and of forging new symphonic paths.

Happy trailblazing, St. Louis.

All the best,

Emily Adams

Editor’s Corner The word around town

Lifetime opera enthusiast Phyllis Brissenden has forever changed the future of our local arts scene with a $45 million donation to the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis – one of the largest known gifts of all time to an American opera company.

“We are profoundly humbled by and grateful for this extraordinary gesture of generosity,” stated Andrew Jorgensen, Opera Theatre’s general director, in a press release. “Phyllis was a member of our company from the very beginning.

She often referred to Opera Theatre as her family.”

Brissenden was born on March 31, 1933, and died on Dec. 17, 2019. She was known for her love of music – specifically, her love of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

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ancer has some fierce competition; the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society [LLS] takes blood cancer head-on, in hopes of eradicating it completely so that no family has to pay its steep price. Help the class of 2020 Man & Woman of the Year when you participate in LLS’ annual philanthropic race.

“All of the money raised [from this campaign] stays in the St. Louis area,” says event co-chair Pete Benoist. “It provides support and information for families, and funds research grants [of approximately $6.1 million in 2019].” On top of that, LLS provided $2.4 million in financial aid to patients and families.

Each year, highly motivated individuals dedicate themselves to raising funds on behalf of those whom LLS supports. This giving community forms powerful teams who compete to raise funds and awareness during a 10-week campaign. At the end of the 10 weeks, those who have raised the most for LLS’ mission – which aims to improve the quality of life for patients and their families, and to cure cancer – will be crowned Man & Woman of the Year 2020.

The candidates’ efforts give voice across the area on behalf of honored heroes, like this year’s Boy and Girl of the Year, Luca and Marlee. At 2-years-old, Luca had undergone more sedation, X-rays and procedures than his parents combined. His diagnosis of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia has brought his family closer as they seek joy in even the smallest moments.

For 15-year-old Marlee, a high school athlete, ALL T-Cell Leukemia impacted every part of her life. “My life as I knew it came to a complete stop,” she says. The varsity-level golf and basketball player had to watch from afar as her friends and teammates continued to compete and attend school.

Now in maintenance, she has resumed her golf game, reaching third place at her River to River high school conference, and is back in honors courses. Her spirit is undeniable. “Cancer has stolen a lot from me: my hair, my strength, my body image – but I won’t let it steal my joy,” Marlee declares. “My goal is to live each day to the fullest.”

Man & Woman of the Year also gives LLS the opportunity to showcase its Legacy Leadership Award recipients, Dr. Todd Druley and Dr. Peter Westervelt, who are being honored for their impactful work as hematology oncology doctors in the blood cancer field.

The grand finale takes place on May 15 at St. Louis Union Station. Each candidate provides 10 silent auction items and one live auction item for guests to bid on. “The gala is quite a party!” promises Benoist. “There’s auctions, dinner and an awards ceremony.” Tickets are available online at mwoy.org/gateway, and for those unable to attend, there will be open online bidding for the silent auction.

Candidates come from diverse backgrounds, and are spread across the metro area.

“Everybody knows someone who has dealt with the disease, whether it be a friend or relative,” says Benoist. “As soon as you start talking about LLS’ mission, people want to dive right in.”

Man & Woman of the Year runs through May 15. Candidates host various fundraising events and secure corporate partnerships, ticket sales and personal donations. Whichever candidate raises the most will be crowned at the grand finale. Now, it’s your turn to rally with the community and fight back against blood cancers.

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“I was named after a family member who passed from leukemia. I hope my campaign brings awareness of myeloma in the African American communities to the forefront.”

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Joanie attended Steinmetz High School in Chicago.

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Joanie and Vern were married on May 7th, 1949, settled in Park Forest, Illinois, and became parents to two sons, Gary and Bradley. Always the fun couple, Joanie and Vern appeared on the popular 1950s game show “Beat the Clock”. Dubbed “The Marshmallow Kids”, they won a Bell and Howell movie camera that recorded the happy years to follow. They next moved to Glenview, Illinois and welcomed two more children, Hollis and Gregory.

In 1968, the Wendt family moved to St. Louis, Missouri. While building many new friendships, Joanie discovered her aptitude for hosting memorable theme parties -- her all-time favorite party being her 1981 Royal Wedding Party that was covered by ABC, CBS, and NBC. As her children grew older, Joanie became very active in the leadership of many civic organizations including: Dance St. Louis, Girls Inc., USO of Missouri, and Forest Park Forever. Simultaneously, Joan built an extremely successful career in real estate. The St. Louis Business Journal revealed the secret to her real estate success: “Joan Wendt doesn’t sell houses, she finds homes.”

Oh, what a life!

After 52 years of marriage, sadly Vern passed away, but Joanie kept moving forward. She celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Wendt family moving to St. Louis with a 1960’s theme party. Joanie dressed as a Playboy Bunny (having worked with Hugh Hefner on her high school paper) and looked AMAZING! In recognition of her many accomplishments, the Mayor of St. Louis proclaimed September 4, 2007 as “Joan Wendt Day”.

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Daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, civic leader, businesswomen, and your friend Joanie!

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he Missouri Athletic Club held its annual Hermann Trophy ceremony and banquet in January at its clubhouse in downtown St. Louis. The Hermann Trophy goes to the top male and female soccer players in the U.S. Preceding the ceremony was a meet-and-greet with U.S. National Team star Kelley O’Hara, the event’s featured speaker and a previous Hermann Trophy winner. Winning this year’s Hermann Trophy were California’s Stanford University junior midfielder Catarina Macario and South Carolina’s Clemson University junior forward Robbie Robinson. The trophy has been awarded annually since 1967, when it was established by the president of the National Professional Soccer League to recognize excellence in college soccer.

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For over 100 years, the Missouri Athletic Club has supported and celebrated amateur sports on both a local and national level. With St. Louis being the original soccer capital of the U.S. and with the long history of outstanding local college soccer programs, the MAC is especially proud to host the annual presentation of the MAC Hermann award to the best players in men’s and women’s college soccer.

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nomaly hosted an exclusive runway fashion experience and mixer in January at The Last Hotel in St. Louis’ Downtown West neighborhood. The event team encouraged attendees to come dressed to impress in all black for an evening of fun, fashion, Remy Martin-themed libations and eclectic entertainment. Anomaly highlighted Designs By J. Stocking, which just launched its stunning winter/spring 2020 collection.

The event featured modern and vintage couture, as well as formal fashions worn by established and emerging models.

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It was my heart’s desire to become a designer and create clothes for women that add to their confidence and style.

I appreciate and thank everyone who came out this evening.

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uests at SSM Health Foundation of St. Louis’ Celebration of Philanthropy enjoyed a cocktail reception and hors d’oeuvres at Moulin Events & Meetings in St. Louis’ Downtown West neighborhood.

The event recognized the Mid-America Transplant Jane Beckman Endowed Chair Gift in support of the Transplant Center at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital. Paul Ross, the foundation’s president, welcomed members of its board of trustees, the transplant team and Mid-America Transplant’s board.

Dr. Krista Lentine, the endowed chairperson, and honoree Jane Beckman spoke about their passion and commitment to transplantation. The foundation launched in 2018 to serve health needs throughout the metro area. It supports vital patient-centered programs and campaigns to fulfill the SSM Health mission and to allow impactive philanthropic investments.

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We are overwhelmed with gratitude to Diane Brockmeier and Mid-America Transplant for their generosity and partnership. Endowments have the ability to leave a lasting legacy, and this particular gift by Mid-America Transplant will certainly impact people throughout the state and beyond for a very long time.

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issouri’s largest home product marketplace returns for another year.

The ongoing Builders St. Louis Home & Garden Show, which runs through Sunday, March 8, at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis, features approximately 400 companies and more than 1,400 booths. The sprawling event involves more than 340,000 square feet of the finest home products and services on the market.

Tickets to it range in price by age and time, with special discounts available for prepurchased tickets and on select days.

“When we survey, 90 percent of the people who attend the show are homeowners,” says Ellen Viehmann, Home Builders Association of St. Louis’ assistant staff vice president for show marketing.

“We really do see really serious homeowners who have projects to do. They’re there looking for the new trends, energy-efficient products and services, [and] the latest products for the homes that are out there.”

The show has been a spring tradition for 40-plus years and, after four decades, has become something of a phenomenon. It comprises six different showcase areas, each offering a different theme, plus celebrity speakers and family-friendly areas for parents. It’s also about what’s hot in the market.

“Outdoor spaces are the biggest luxury trend that’s going,” Viehmann says. “People want to expand the footprint of their home, and a lot of ways to do that is to go outdoors.”

Viehmann adds that one particular outdoor trend of note is swim spas, especially for homeowners who lack the traditional space needed for a swimming pool but who still seek the exercise benefits one can provide.

Users can adjust settings on these installations to replicate lap swimming using just a fraction of the square footage of a standard pool.

But Lawn & Garden isn’t the event’s only showcase area. Joining it in filling the event hall are the Kitchen

& Bath, Interior Design and Pool & Spa showcases, as well as Home Products and the New Construction Zone. That last showcase area gives homeowners the opportunity to find builders to help them with new home projects – further driving home the show’s focus.

“People are there looking for expert advice, the latest products and the latest trends,” Viehmann says.

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n eye-catching decorative ceiling. A spacious food-prep-and-appliance pantry that leaves your kitchen open for entertaining. A covered outdoor living space complete with a barbecue pit and beer tap that seamlessly flows from the interior of your dream home.

NJL Custom Homes is making trendy new residential wish list items like these come true. Led by owner Nick Liuzza, the Kirkwood-based turnkey homebuilder has brought homeowners’ unique visions to life in custom residences across the metro area. “We’re designing extremely functional living spaces,” Liuzza says. “We design homes for entertaining, and we design homes to be used.”

Before launching his own company, Liuzza worked as a project manager for Missouri’s largest homebuilder for more than 10 years and gained experience in every aspect of the industry, including construction management, customer service, plan design, sales and marketing, and estimating and purchasing.

Six-and-a-half years ago, Liuzza used that expertise to create NJL. “I started literally as a one-man show at a desk in my basement doing one home a year,” says the homebuilder, who has now managed the construction of more than 700 abodes throughout his career, both before and with NJL. These days, NJL’s staff of seven is completing 15 to 20 houses a year throughout the area in such communities as Ladue, Clayton, Frontenac, Brentwood, Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Glendale, Town and Country, Creve Coeur, Des Peres and Chesterfield.

The custom homebuilder, which also completes large-scale renovations and spec residences, specializes in architectural styles from traditional to transitional. “We enjoy taking projects from start to finish,” Liuzza says. “We don’t have an in-house architect, but

we work with clients and architects throughout the design and build.

On the majority of houses, we’re working with homeowners all the way through the design process until the day they move in.”

Liuzza’s goal is to deliver each client his or her dream home. “What gets me excited is doing the unique, custom-designed homes exactly [from] the client’s vision,” he says.

And that begins with a custom design-and-build process that helps NJL’s team become familiar with a client’s wants and needs. “We go to their existing home, do a walk-through and ask what they like and what they don’t like and how they use that home, so we can wrap our heads around the mindset of the client,” Liuzza says.

Each project’s process is tailored to the homeowner, Liuzza notes.

“We have an outline we follow from the design stage to the selection stage to the construction process,” he says. “We have a meeting with the client every other week because there’s a lot of information and selections to be made. But we break it down into easy-to-manage, bitesized chunks. As the home progresses, we’ll progress in the decisionmaking and design process, so it’s not overwhelming.”

Homebuilding should be enjoyable, not stressful, Liuzza says. “If you’re not going to have fun and enjoy the experience, you shouldn’t build a custom home,” he notes. “We want to be proud of the work we’re doing, and the homeowner should be proud of the home they’re helping us build with their vision.”

Although Liuzza says the metro area makes a great place to create a custom residence, there also are unique challenges that the expert team at NJL can help homeowners navigate – namely, the varying rules, regulations and building code enforcements among the area’s many municipalities. “It can be hard to negotiate and hard to understand, from the building codes to the architecture review,” he explains. “The year before last, NJL built homes in 11 different municipalities, so we have the experience.”

Liuzza also brings his extensive large-scale industry expertise to every project. “We are customer-focused, and we tailor our experience to what is going to fit them best,” he says. “I also can use my experience working with large homebuilders to have a better understanding of controlling costs – especially as labor and material prices continue going up – to deliver their unique project at their budget.”

In Frontenac, NJL recently created a Southern Colonial abode boasting an impressive double-decker front porch, with white-painted brick and gas lanterns on its exterior and a matching traditional, beautifully appointed, ornate interior.

“We will build in whatever style suits our clients,” Liuzza says, noting that many of the company’s homes showcase traditional or transitional design with a modern vibe.

Another recent Frontenac project called for a transitional-style residence to meet the client’s vision and blend into the surrounding neighborhood. “To me, custom homebuilding is about having something that is very unique and is yours but fits very well in the community it’s being put in,” Liuzza says.

Whatever their ideal home, NJL’s tightknit team works closely with clients to design exactly what they’re looking for, Liuzza notes: “We take really good care of our clients, so they have a really good experience with our team.”

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pring is here, and the warmer weather has countless minds turning to the home market.

Just in time for this swell of buyers, it’s time for home sellers to turn their minds to preparing their homes for the market. Kathy Beilein, broker/manager at Laura McCarthy Real Estate, recently chatted with Ladue News to give readers an insider’s guide on how to create a marketready residence.

“Sellers in the St. Louis [central] corridor are competing with developers, flippers, and new construction,” Beilein explains. “They’re competing with homes that are like-new. Even if they don’t want to do anything major, they need to crisp up the outside and inside.”

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5. Accessories. “One of the most important things is throwing back in some accessories and artwork,” Beilein says. “Things that add personality – that can really sell a home. [Sellers] don’t need a brand new kitchen if the vibe is good and buyers can see themselves entertaining.”

Laura McCarthy Real Estate is a full-service company that works behind-the-scenes to make the process of selling homes as easy as possible. “There’s not a question on if the home will sell, but on how to maximize the investment,” Beilein says. “My agents know how to walk through a house and see what needs to be done. They help the homeowner prioritize based on how they want to push the pricing and how quickly they want to sell.”

Beilein concludes with a reminder that making a house market-ready doesn’t necessarily call for a lot of time or money: “We have a house right now. [The seller] has nice taste, and she had done the kitchen and baths in last five years. We just had to put a few things away, and her house was ready.”

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hen Courtney Colaneri was a tween, she spent slow summers crafting and creating jewelry with her grandmother.

“In the summers, you know you are bored out of your mind, looking for something to do, so I would just kind of help her out with bracelets and things like that,” Colaneri says. “My mom would join, and we would just craft all day. But then you grow up and have a whole life of your own where you’re a teenager, and you go to college.”

Fast-forward several years, though, and Colaneri is creating yet again – but this time, for her booming business, Sunny + Luna.

“The goal wasn’t to make this into a business,” Colaneri says. “I started making all kinds of crazy stuff with really neat stones, and my girlfriends were like, ‘You need to turn this into something.’ And then my husband got all into it. I was just doing this for fun, but this passion came back from doing it as a child.”

Colaneri’s first creation was dubbed the Joanie, which is made of ravishing rose quartz stone beads and gold rhinestone accents.

“Rose quartz is a symbol of love,” she says. “And it’s feminine. I just love that.”

Although Colaneri has similar simple stacks, she also has large statement stone bracelets like the Kay, which features a large, white druzy stone among gray and white marble dyed howlite beads and gold-plated hardware, and the Liz, which showcases a large, turquoise agate stone, among turquoise beads and gold-plated hardware.

“There are two main [stones] that I use that are kind of like snowflakes – there aren’t going to be any two that are the same,” Colaneri says. “One is the raw, sparkly rock-looking style, and that is the druzy. So basically, when you crack open a certain type of rock, the inside has this sparkly crystallization. …

“The flat, smooth, shiny stone – the one with veining through it – is called an agate or a geode. Those are really unique because the veining is natural. …

Sometimes they do dye the stone a pretty color and smooth it out, but the veining and marbleization is natural, which I think is supercool.”

Each Sunny + Luna collection is named after a woman

in Colaneri’s life, like Rhoda Mae, her grandmother.

“I have done kind of a nod to all the women in my life, whether it’s family, friends,” she says. “As long as they’ve inspired me in some way.”

Beyond bracelets, Sunny + Luna offers earrings and adorable clutches, all of which can be purchased at Mix + Match in St. Louis’ Southampton neighborhood, at Milk and Honey in Wildwood, on the Sunny + Luna website and at various upcoming trunk shows. “[When I started], my mom was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, your grandma would be so proud,’” Colaneri says. “I’m

using my grandmother’s same tools that she used maybe 30 years ago. I’m going through this paperback book that has brown pages – and her handwriting – in it. It has been taking on a life of its own.”

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By Andrea Smith | Photos courtesy of @summeralbarcha

Style icon Summer Albarcha has gained an international following by challenging the standards of style.

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t just 24 years old, Summer Albarcha has shared a runway with American fashion model/entrepreneur Karlie Koss, appeared in the pages of Teen Vogue and Marie Claire and boasts more than 500,000 Instagram followers. She’s spent the majority of her life in the metro area but also traveled around the world, sporting her unique style on the streets of France, Spain, Japan and Thailand, as well as all over the U.S. The fashion icon is known for her bold yet modest choices, such as vibrant blazers and coats, patterned shoes and a Harvard sweatshirt paired with a long, black skirt. And among her range of casual, professional and athleisure outfits, one piece completes them all: a hijab.

“I’ve always worn it as a way of showing my faith, of representing my faith, and I love that it’s also become more fashionable to cover your hair,” Albarcha, who identifies as Muslim, says. “If I’m going to be wearing a colorful outfit, I’ll make sure my scarf matches as well – just always incorporate it in there. But I wouldn’t call it an accessory, per se.”

Albarcha was born in Ohio but grew up in St. Louis.

She graduated from Saint Louis University in May 2018 with a business degree and a minor in Middle Eastern studies, before moving to the New York City area shortly afterward. The last couple of years have been busy, with international travel to fashion week events, working as an ambassador for fashion brand Express, modeling in a modest swimwear ad and continuing to develop her online content.

Although she has inspired a number of fashionistas around the world, Albarcha says she doesn’t consider herself an influencer. The blogger and entrepreneur reaches an online audience by the thousands through her website, YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest, but Instagram is her top priority.

After all, an Instagram scroll is what kick-started her career in 2012, she says.

“I was sitting at lunch in high school with my friends, and I decided to look over this app called

Instagram,” Albarcha remembers. She searched #modestfashion and discovered numerous photos of stylish women wearing headscarves in different ways.

“It made me realize there’s a whole world of modest fashion out there that exists beyond St. Louis or beyond the USA,” she says. “I wanted to be a part of that sisterhood and that collective feeling, and so I created my own page.”

Albarcha created a blog called Hipster Hijabs and later rebranded it to use her own name. She says everyone’s main concern was for her privacy, but other than that, her family and friends were supportive and excited for her new venture.

The first time she can recall being harshly judged, she says, was in 2014 when the boutique Mimu Maxi, which sells clothing for Orthodox Jewish women, posted a photo of her in one of its designs.

“It was a time where we showed unity amongst different faiths,” Albarcha says. “A lot of their followers weren’t happy about seeing me in a hijab on their page.”

Although many embrace diversity in today’s fashion industry, there’s always some pushback on representing different cultures and religions in the mainstream. Muslim women have challenged traditional American fashion standards for decades, but it wasn’t until 2016 that women like Halima Aden made headlines for it.

That year, around the time big-name designers like Dolce & Gabbana started launching lines tailored toward Muslims, Aden became the first Miss Minnesota USA pageant competitor to wear a fullbody outfit, known as a burkini, during the swimsuit portion. Aden, who also lived in the metro area for a short time, became the first Muslim woman to do a lot of groundbreaking things in the industry over the next few years, including becoming the first to wear a hijab on the cover of Vogue and to wear a burkini in last year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

In 2017, Teen Vogue reported that Albarcha was the second hijab-wearing model to walk in a major fashion show (Aden was the first). That show was

Kloss’ runway collaboration with Express, which debuted at The Pageant in the Delmar Loop in St. Louis.

“There’s so much beauty in uniqueness,” Kloss told Teen Vogue. “I want more inclusivity in fashion, and for me, it’s important to stand for that … The industry has gotten better over the past 10 years, but we still have a lot of progress to make.”

Albarcha says that feeling of being recognized has stayed with her, and knowing that Kloss also was raised in St. Louis provided encouragement that she could make it big, too.

“I think it put my city on the map for a lot of people, as well,” Albarcha adds. “There is such a fashion scene in St. Louis.”

In an age when fashion influencers garner thousands of social media likes from a bikini shot, Albarcha has found success in showing minimal skin. For a girls’ night out, she dons a long, loose-fitting saint skirt, a bright green coat and matching sweater, patterned boots and a gray hijab. On the beach, she poses in a long-sleeved white dress that grazes the sand, plus a walnut-colored hijab tucked under a straw hat.

“Whether I had my Instagram or not, that’s something I would wear to the beach,” Albarcha says.

“I always want to make sure that other girls see this and feel like, ‘Oh, I can wear a long-sleeved white dress to the beach. I don’t have to have peer pressure to dress a certain way.’”

Albarcha describes her style as functional but fashionable, and she’s not afraid to push the limits of what “goes together.” Monochromatic outfits are one of her favorite trends at the moment. “I love wearing one color head to toe, and I feel like it just really stands out,” she says.

Her future plans include speaking on more panels, continuing to expand her international network and posting what makes her proud. “Really, my goal would be to make a meaningful contribution in the industry,” she says, “and just to continue doing what I really enjoy.”

Summer Albarcha, summeralbarcha.com

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Guiding

Light

By Connie Mitchell Photos courtesy of UCP Heartland

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hining a light for people with developmental disabilities, UCP Heartland’s Beacon Behavior Services is now registering patients for Applied Behavior Analysis therapy at its new Community Services North location in Berkeley.

“We named the program Beacon Behavior Services because a beacon is a guiding light,” says Kathleen Beach, vice president of marketing and communications. “The lighthouse is the Beacon Behavior Services logo because historically, a lighthouse is a beacon to guide people and help them stay on course.”

The new facility, just southeast of St. Louis Lambert International Airport, houses two day programs and one weekend program. In addition to the Beacon program, the location provides an adult day habilitation program that develops physical, adaptive, intellectual and social skills leading to employment and independent living. The facility’s Saturday Respite Club is designed for students ages 6 to 21.

“We designed our new Community Services North building to allow flexibility for future use and expansion as our service needs change,” says Clint Bolser, UCP Heartland president and CEO. The building, which opened last October and adheres to universal design principles, includes 20,000 square feet of program space with an indoor gymnasium, a computer lab, training kitchens, day program classrooms, therapy rooms and areas to socialize.

Employment resources, residential services, family support services and a services navigator program also are administered in the new building.

The Beacon Behavior Services program allows adults with developmental disabilities to engage in functional, meaningful activities and learn new skills through individualized treatment techniques and supports, Beach says. “By utilizing ABA therapy principles, the program provides engaging and stimulating activities that involve repetitive learning with positive reinforcement,” she continues.

The ABA therapy program aims to help young adults with autism and other disabilities transition from school to adulthood. “ABA uses therapeutic

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interventions that support positive reinforcement and repetitive skills development targeted to specific behaviors,” Bolser says. “The goal is to improve these behaviors so the program participant can be successful in school, work and life.”

The new program will be directed by a credentialed behavior therapist whose role is to assess clients and create therapeutic plans. The director will be hiring a staff of registered behavior technicians to work directly with clients on their individual plans.

Bolser adds that the program was created in response to community need. “Autism diagnoses have drastically increased over the past 20 years,” he says.

“As a result, there is a great need, and we need to be focused on integrating people living with autism into the adult population. UCP Heartland is rising to meet this challenge.”

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KIDS MD

Cold and Flu To-Dos

By Dr. Joseph Kahn

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t’s that time of year again. Kids get sick, and the questions start swirling in your head: Is it a cold? Is it the flu? What should I do?

Both the flu and the common cold are caused by viruses. The common cold causes a runny or stuffy nose, fatigue, mild aching, a mild sore throat and possibly a cough. These symptoms come on gradually and may last about a week. On the other hand, flu symptoms are more likely to come on suddenly and increase quickly. Symptoms of the flu, commonly Influenza A, are more significant and frequently include a fever (most, but not everyone, with the flu will run a fever), body aches, a headache, chills, nasal congestion, a cough and more severe fatigue that may last up to two weeks.

Treatment of both a cold and the flu are similar: Stay home to get rest and to avoid spreading your illness.

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Drink plenty of fluids. The best way to keep mucus from turning thick is to keep well-hydrated.

Take acetaminophen or ibuprofen for the fever and aches. Never give aspirin to a child younger than 19 who has the flu.

Sleep while propped up a little to help with a nighttime cough.

Use saltwater nose drops or nasal spray to help with nasal congestion.

Avoid over-the-counter cough and cold medicines, as they are not recommended for children, and there is no evidence they are effective.

Call your child’s doctor if (a) symptoms persist for longer than one week or are getting worse, (b) fever rises above 100.4 degrees for a child less than 3 months old or a persistent fever is higher than 102 degrees in an older child or (c) any wheezing, shortness of breath or vomiting won’t stop.

As always, call your doctor if you have any concern or if your child seems “off.”

Although antiviral medicine may help shorten the duration of the flu, it must be started within the first 48 hours of symptoms being noticed.

Even though flu shots are not 100 percent effective, they do help in preventing the disease or making your symptoms milder if you do get the flu. Get a flu shot every year. Many children die from the flu every season, most of whom are unvaccinated. Don’t let your child be next.

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ACROSS

1. Design detail, for short 5. High ranking Turk 10. Furor 15. Des Moines neighbor 19. Dorothy’s pet 20. Of lofty peaks 21. Spiral shape 22. Philippine knife 23. Wow 24. Ache 25. Catkin 26. — Rachel Wood 27. Start of a quip by Ricky Gervais: 5 wds.

31. Trounces 32. Earn 33. A Golden Girl 34. Bourgeon 37. Outward, medically speaking 40. German philosopher 42. Extinct ratite 45. Sully 46. Skeptic’s demand 47. Aka Anna Mae Bullock 48. — owl 49. One more 51. Part 2 of quip: 4 wds.

54. The Venerable — 55. Hat 57. Entertainment award 58. Public tantrum 59. Jumper 60. Rage 61. Part of N.B. 63. By fits and — 64. Part 3 of quip: 3 wds.

68. Trig. function 72. Grammatical gaffe 73. Bleat 74. Ott and Brooks 78. Fruit of a vine 79. Imprison 81. Statute: Abbr.

82. Settled on a branch 83. Part 4 of quip: 4 wds.

88. Stray 90. Maid

91. Winged 92. Like a bog 94. Extra- opposite 95. Dir. letters 96. Growl 97. Penobscot River town 98. Hold dear 99. — Scott 101. Hydro 102. — del Este 104. End of the quip: 5 wds.

111. Hard palate 112. Sternness 113. Painting on dry plaster 114. Zilch 117. Organic material 118. Place of assembly 119. EU nation 120. Always 121. Kind of loser 122. Wagons 123. Cyber Monday events 124. Cold and wet

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1. Peter and Paul: Abbr.

2. Crock 3. Ornamental case 4. Faced 5. Money received 6. Indigenous Alaskan 7. Considerably less dense 8. Ritts or Alpert 9. — urbis conditae 10. Sought 11. Send payment 12. Festivals 13. Pizzazz 14. Superficial 15. Aids and — 16. Producer of a kind 17. — vital 18. Golden oldie 28. Juvenile 29. State of confusion 30. Kindergartner 34. Attempts 35. Auto body part 36. — — Janeiro 38. Demure

39. Besides 40. New Zealander 41. English queen 43. Female figure in art 44. Stakes 46. Last king of Troy 47. “Ain’t Too Proud — —” 48. — Raton 50. Fairylike 52. Cake fried in fat 53. Bone: Prefix 56. Old bug bane 61. Instruct 62. Years upon years 63. Specter 64. Kind of glider 65. — the Horrible 66. Cable network 67. Delayed 68. Pretty large 69. Broadcast anew 70. Private (Hyph.)

71. Oodles 74. Affirmed 75. Make joyous 76. British measure 77. Momentum 79. A beverage 80. Remotely 84. Aromatic resin 85. — Gail Winfrey 86. — Speedwagon 87. Place near Okla.

89. Prospect 93. Current 96. Sparkly thing 97. Some compositions 98. Relishes 100. Common weapon 101. Shot of booze 103. “— Vanya” 104. An Olympian 105. Forbidden thing: Hyph.

106. Start for byte or watt 107. — Stravinsky 108. Egyptian goddess 109. Beyond: Prefix 110. — lamp 115. Place of iniquity 116. Boat

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By Alecia Humphreys | Photos courtesy of Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation

A locAl heArt foundAtion is bringing light to some fAmilies’ dArkest dAys.

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reg and Becky Ortyl’s tiny but mighty son, Oakes Lee Ortyl, was born in 2011 with a congenital heart defect.

“Prior to his arrival, we knew very little about congenital heart defects and the community surrounding this group of kids,” Becky Ortyl says. “But, of course, as soon as he was born, we dove headfirst into all things congenital heart defects.”

At just 3 months old, Oakes Ortyl underwent his second open-heart surgery and was struggling with recovery.

“His doctors were able to determine that he had pulmonary vein stenosis, which there is no cure for,” Becky Ortyl says. “The only way to do it is to do a double lung transplant.”

To prepare for the transplant, Becky Ortyl says her family had to go through a series of meetings at St. Louis Children’s Hospital to become educated about the surgery and its statistical outcome.

“A lot of children don’t make it 6 months after the surgery,” she adds. “It’s just a really risky, intense, invasive surgery. In the whole process, they suggested we do a little fundraising so that we would have a little bit of an emergency fund.”

Despite some hesitancy, Becky Ortyl says she and her husband decided to establish The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation and allowed close friends to host a two-day golf tournament and dinner auction on their behalf. The result: $100,000.

“The contact at the hospital said $30,000 would be a crazy amount of money for us to raise,” Becky Ortyl says. “By this time, we were really, truly living in the hospital with Oakes, and he, post-surgery, was really sick, really fragile. Then once he received his new lungs, he immediately started rejecting them.”

Becky Ortyl says it took 6 months before Oakes stabilized, and during those 6 months, friendships had formed within Children’s Hospital.

“There were so many families where mom was here in St. Louis with a sick kid, and dad was back in Wisconsin with three other kids trying to work and shuffle the kids around,” Becky Ortyl says. “Families that their insurance company dropped them, and all of a sudden, they’re just trying to figure out how they’ll afford meds for their children. We were just introduced to this community that was facing an endless list of challenging circumstances beyond just having a sick child. Despite the fact that Oakes was so sick, we were so aware that we were just so blessed and so lucky.”

Becky Ortyl says she also became increasingly aware of the $100,000 sitting in a bank account.

“We just couldn’t imagine what would happen where we’d need that money more than the people around us,” she explains. “So we were just secretly handing out cash to families struggling financially, and then finally, a social worker came to me and was like, ‘You’ve got to stop this.’”

Becky Ortyl says this led to the foundation’s grant application process and then an official website.

“It has just organically grown in real, incremental ways over the last nine years,” Becky Ortyl says.

Today, Becky Ortyl serves full-time as The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation’s executive director in memory of her sweet son, alongside a team of two employees – Julie O’Toole and Elisabeth DeVille – and a crew of countless volunteers. Its mission is to support families of children born with congenital heart defects in financial ways, emotional ways and ways unique to their needs.

“The goal, the outcome, our vision is that families who have children with heart defects have the freedom to remain a family and have hope in the chaos,” Becky Ortyl says. “Our hope is that by paying these bills, we are alleviating some stress from the parents’ or caregivers’ life and allowing them to just show up in the hospital, and be with their kids during their stressful hospitalization.”

Last year alone, The Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation aided more than 70 families across the U.S. – something Becky Ortyl says might result in the foundation’s transition from a family foundation into a nationally recognized nonprofit.

“A lot of the work that we do is in the Midwest, but we help families every month who are from coast to coast,” she says. “If a family who has a kid with a heart defect reaches out to us, and they qualify for assistance, we don’t say no. We help them. I don’t know of another organization like us that’s doing exactly what we are doing in this congenital heart space, so it’s really exciting.”

On Friday, March 6, the foundation will host its largest fundraiser of the year, A Mighty Night, in hopes of raising $650,000 toward its cause.

“This foundation has just been this tremendous outlet,” Becky Ortyl says. “It has been a way to help me grieve, and it has been a way to honor him. It’s been a way to teach his sisters about his life. It has been a way to stay connected to this community of congenital heart families.

“I think for years, I was in a fog. I was doing it because I didn’t know what else to do. Now I don’t feel like I need it, but I want it. I really love what it has turned into and what it has done for me. I’ve needed it, and it has needed me.”

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ove “smashed” burgers and loaded fries? If so, make a beeline for a bite and maybe a brew, too, to Jack Nolen’s, a neighborhood bar and grill that launched last December in St. Louis’ Soulard neighborhood.

The moniker of the new eatery – which comes from brothers Jim and Ryan Grindstaff, with their mother, Patti – combines the names of the siblings’ sons. The two also own a pair of the franchised Jefferson’s Restaurant in Belleville and Mascoutah, and Jim Grindstaff owns and runs a seasoning venture, Grindstaff Rub Company, also in Belleville.

“We wanted to do something a bit different than what we’ve known, which is huge menus and tons of options,” Jim Grindstaff says. “It’s a streamlined concept with a small set of really awesome items.”

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With Jack Nolen’s, the sibs hope to bring their own spin on the classic American smashed burger to St. Louis. Jim Grindstaff previously hosted the burger blog Cheeseburger Central and spent several years researching and creating his ideal burger blend.

Jack Nolen’s fills the roughly 1,100 square feet previously occupied by Good Luck Bar & Grill, with around 27 seats inside and an additional 49 on the patio.

New décor includes classic St. Louis Cardinals photos and branded signage. Customers can place orders at a designated window and have their food brought to them, with full service also available at the bar.

The house burger blend comprises a 4-ounce smashed patty made of short rib, brisket and chuck.

Customers can order it as a single, double or triple, dressed however they like and served on a buttery

By Mabel Suen toasted potato roll from Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Available toppings include lettuce, tomato, pickle, onion and “style” sauce, Jim Grindstaff’s take on Thousand Island dressing (also available in a spicy version).

Specialty fries, another menu highlight, feature shoestring fries with a variety of topping options.

The “scattered” fries, for instance, come topped with shredded melted mozzarella and Italian seasoning, while the Bluetine salutes the St. Louis Blues and incorporates brown gravy, blue cheese crumbles and parsley.

Additional offerings include smoked deviled eggs as well as the Patti Melt, named after the Grindstaffs’ mother: a single-patty burger with melted Swiss and American cheeses, grilled onions and “style” sauce served on grilled marbled rye. Potstickers from

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The Band’s Visit

By Mark Bretz

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‌Story: In 1996, the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra lands in Tel Aviv, Israel, to perform a concert in the Israeli city of Petah Tikvah.

Unfortunately, a ticket-taker at the bus station mistakes band member Haled’s pronunciation of Petah Tikvah for Bet Hatikva, and instead sells him tickets to that desolate locale.

When the orchestra arrives in Bet Hatikva, its members search for directions to the Arab cultural center. Café proprietor Dina, realizing the band to be in the wrong town, informs its conductor, Col. Tewfiq Zakaria, of that mistake. She tells him the next bus won’t appear until the following morning.

With no hotel to accommodate them, Dina offers to house some musicians at her place and convinces her employees, Papi and Itzik, to do likewise.

During the course of that day and night, as band members and locals mingle, they find they share many commonalities despite coming from different, and at times, mutually suspicious communities.

Highlights: The Band’s Visit, winner of 10 Tony Awards in 2018, is now playing at The Fabulous Fox Theatre in a wonderfully performed, highly engaging touring production that features both captivating music and a heartfelt story.

Other Info: Based on a 1996 Israeli film of the same title, The Band’s Visit has its foundation in a Tony Award-winning book by Itamar Moses and Tony Award-winning music and lyrics by David Yazbek. Its 10 Tonys also included ones for Best Musical, Best

Direction of a Musical and Best Orchestrations.

Fine performances in this touring production abound, led by Janet Dacal as the earthy Dina, who finds herself attracted to the quiet, pensive Tewfiq, and by Sasson Gabay as the introspective Egyptian conductor, who gradually reveals his own troublesome family relationships.

Also starring are Pomme Koch as Itzik, Ronnie Malley as Camal and David Studwell as Avrum, who recalls for the Egyptian guests his lifelong love of music, which he shared with his late wife. Mike Cefalo also shines as Telephone Guy in the haunting number “Answer Me.“ Director David Cromer brings an appealing pace and compelling performances to the production. This is a delightfully unusual musical in the sense that there are extended, stand-alone instrumental riffs at intervals throughout the one-act, 90-minute performance.

The Band’s Visit is refreshing, reaffirming and revelatory all at once, a beautiful blend of affecting story and infectious music invigoratingly performed. It’s a win-win-win situation for all, especially the audience.

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St. Louis’ Crispy Edge are also available in original pork or plant-based lemongrass “chick’n.”

To drink, customers can choose from eight different draft beers, a selection of bourbons and whiskeys, or local products like Soulard Island Spirits, Stumpy’s Spirits and Jim Grindstaff’s own Grindstaff Rub Company bloody Mary mix – which should contribute to making Jack Nolen’s a convivial stop before enjoying The Band’s Visit at The Fabulous Fox Theatre.

“We’re excited to bring the ideas we dreamed up to people and see if they like it,” Jim Grindstaff says succinctly.

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By Andrea Smith

‌Thu., March 12

The Women’s Creative is inviting busy women to take a moment to relax and connect with others at BREATHE: A WELLNESS EVENT. Different calming experiences occupy stations from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hello Juice & Smoothie at 1000 S. Newstead Ave. in St. Louis. Experiences include a yoga session with Shanti Yoga, skin care tips with Lark Skin Co. and Soaplife 360, healthy eating and smoothie guidance with Kayla Bauer and a complimentary smoothie from Hello Juice. Tickets cost $50 and are limited to the first 50 people who sign up. thewomenscreative.com.

Sat., March 14

Organizers of the Maplewood Transit Stop Transformation Project are calling on creative individuals to help beautify the corner of Manchester Road and Marshall Avenue. A COMMUNITY PAINTING EVENT is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Citizens National Bank Park, and people of all ages and all levels of art experience are invited to join. The goal is to convert the Maplewood MetroBus stop into a “fun, artistic space that encourages active play, cultivates community and increases transit use.” cityofmaplewood.com.

Sat., March 14

Foodies, gardeners and all who aspire to learn more about natural living are invited to join regional experts at the SUSTAINABLE KITCHEN AND GARDEN SEMINAR. University of Missouri Extension will host the event at Parkway Northeast Middle School in Creve Coeur, which features “a topic and expert for every interest,” a lunch provided by Seed Sprout Spoon and a keynote lecture. Among the 16 class topics are designing native gardens, making kombucha and exploring a plant-based diet. The cost to participate is $50. Activities begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 3:30 p.m. extension2.missouri.edu.

Thu., March 12

Now’s your chance to dance – or to learn how if you suffer from two-left-feet syndrome. Majestic Dance Studio in Frontenac is kicking off its BEGINNER BALLROOM and LATIN FUSION dance classes this week. Over the course of six weeks, singles and couples will learn how to perform the cha-cha, the waltz and many other styles of ballroom dance. Singles are encouraged to join the beginner course, which requires no partner, costs $95 per person and runs from 8 to 9 p.m.

Couples pay $150 to join the Latin Fusion class, which involves more romantic routines like the rumba and runs from 7 to 8 p.m. Preregistration is required. majesticdancestudio.com.

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Fri., March 13

Sad to see another season of The Bachelor come to an end? You’re in luck! THE BACHELOR LIVE ON STAGE is coming to The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Like the reality TV show, this touring show promises drama, romance and roses. The Bachelor franchise favorites Becca Kufrin and Ben Higgins will host the experience and attempt to pair an eligible metro area bachelor with one of the local ladies picked from the audience. Tickets vary in price. The show begins at 7 p.m. fabulousfox.com.

e n o t s e l i M A Musical

By Bryan A. Hollerbach

Photos courtesy of St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra

1970

Powell Hall rings with the youthful music of a symphonic organization now observing its 50th anniversary.

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2019-2020

he St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra is celebrating its golden anniversary this season – and quite frankly, we all should exhibit and enjoy such vivacity on turning 50.

The Youth Orchestra’s milestone celebration has included and will include concerts, special events and a nationally broadcast radio program featuring the ensemble, according to a press release issued last November by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, reportedly the nation’s second-oldest orchestra.

“The entire [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra] family congratulates the Youth Orchestra on its 50th anniversary,” Marie-Hélène Bernard, SLSO’s president and CEO, states in that release.

“The YO is a proven training ground for the next generation of great musicians, but is also a productive platform to develop the region’s next leaders. YO alumni have gone on to lead successful careers both within and outside the music industry, and we are proud of all of their accomplishments.”

Each season, the Youth Orchestra offers a trio of professional-level performances in St. Louis’ glorious Powell Hall (itself a mere five years away from a 100th anniversary).

The ensemble originated in 1970, when none other than the legendary Leonard Slatkin, then SLSO’s assistant director, founded it. Just two years earlier, Slatkin had taken the assistant directorship, which he left in 1977 to join the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. He returned here in 1979, though, and when his tenure as music director ended 17 memorable years later, Slatkin became SLSO’s conductor laureate.

An audition-only ensemble, the Youth Orchestra

each season attracts more than 100 of the most talented instrumentalists aged 12 to 22 within 150 miles of the metro area, according to the release. Those instrumentalists represent more than 40 schools.

Gemma New, SLSO’s resident conductor, has served as the Youth Orchestra’s music director since the 2016-17 season.

Started as a means whereby young musicians could mature, the ensemble quickly earned accolades for its considerable talent. According to the release, a local reviewer lauded the Youth Orchestra for its inaugural 1970 concerts, noting that it “showed amazing strength for such a youthful and inexperienced organization.”

In the years following that inaugural season, according to the release, the Youth Orchestra toured Europe, performed for President Jimmy Carter, hosted other student musicians from around the world and kept drawing capacity crowds to Powell Hall.

Beyond the three concerts each season, the Youth Orchestra offers a well-rounded experience to develop participants into lifelong musicians. Its members receive regular coaching and mentoring from the parent troupe’s world-class musicians, and select members also take part in a peer-to-peer mentoring program that pairs them with younger music students in the metro area.

Among its more than 2,000 alumni, many Youth Orchestra veterans have pursued careers in music, according to the release.

Many former members now play with SLSO, in fact: Kristin Ahlstrom, associate principal second violin; Felicia Foland, bassoon; Becky Boyer Hall, violin; Sarah Hogan Kaiser, double bass; Erin Schreiber, assistant concertmaster; and Mark Sparks, principal flute.

The Youth Orchestra’s golden anniversary launched midway through last November, when the ensemble opened its latest

season. That opening included not only Claude Debussy’s La mer, the Victorian/Edwardian French composer’s tripartite 1905 composition, but also works by the Italian Gioachino Rossini, the American John (Coolidge) Adams and the Russian Dmitri Shostakovich, all conducted by New. A mid-January event under conductor Kevin McBeth followed and, aptly enough, included birthday cake and bubbly.

It involved compositions by Shostakovich, the Finnish Jean Sibelius, the German Johannes Brahms and the (ubiquitous) American John Williams.

The Youth Orchestra’s next celebratory event takes place in little more than a week: a March 15 concert wherein New shares the podium with Stéphane Denève, the parent troupe’s music director. Among other works, that concert culminates in a performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, the 1940 orchestral suite in three movements from the late Romantic period Russian titan.

Otherwise, on May 31, the Youth Orchestra will stage its seasonal finale. Joining it will be California-born pianist Lara Downes and From the Top, an independent nonprofit known for its longstanding NPR program and Public Broadcasting Service TV program with the same name that spotlight young musical talents.

For a future broadcast, From the Top will record that May 31 concert, whose full repertoire will be announced at a later date. At a minimum, the concert will include performances with Downes, soloists, a chamber ensemble – and the premiere of a new work composed for the whole Youth Orchestra by Slatkin himself.

Music to our ears!

St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-2500, slso.org/en/edu/youth-orchestra

Soul LUISA OTERO PRADA

ART and

“A

rt has always been part of my life,” St. Louisan Luisa Otero Prada relates, before continuing with an allusion to her native roots in Colombia, South America, and the late literary titan Gabriel García Márquez: “I was born in the land of Magic Realism, and I love it – my intention is to show the magic in ordinary subjects or elements.”

In that regard, one can’t help congratulating her on the work currently showcased, albeit for at least one altogether subjective reason Prada may not have anticipated. That acrylic on canvas bears the title Golden Leaf, measures 48 inches square and dates from 2018.

Here in the (knock wood) dying days of winter, the painting’s lush palette of, predominantly, yellow,

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orange and green conspires with its curvilinear seductiveness to presage vernal relief from gray skies and gloom. “The beauty and exuberance of nature and people have always been my major inspiration to paint,” the artist says.

Golden Leaf, Prada notes, comes from a series of works titled Naturalized, which she helpfully defines as an “established plant that lives in regions where it is not indigenous.”

“When I researched these plants that I recognized from my childhood in a different climate, I understood this word,” she says. “We are all naturalized at some point. We are part of nature and creation. We move.

We travel. We also create bonds through plants and trees. What is exotic here is ordinary somewhere else –

By Bryan A. Hollerbach Image courtesy of Luisa Otero Prada

this [recognition] blew me away!”

Prada confesses that painting brings her a sense of immersive peace wherein all other aspects of existence dwindle and disappear. As the mother of a grown special-needs child, she also likens creating art to parenting – with both activities demanding patience, observation, acceptance and, most importantly, perseverance.

To learn more about our featured artist, visit oteropradallc.com.

Metro area artists who wish to be considered for future installments of this monthly department of Ladue News should email inquiries to bhollerbach@laduenews.com with “Art and Soul” in the subject line.

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